HELIAC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does heliac mean? 

• HELIAC (adjective)
  The adjective HELIAC has 1 sense:

1. pertaining to or near the sun; especially the first rising of a star after and last setting before its invisibility owing to its conjunction with the sun

  Familiarity information: HELIAC used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HELIAC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Pertaining to or near the sun; especially the first rising of a star after and last setting before its invisibility owing to its conjunction with the sun

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

heliac; heliacal

Context example:

the heliacal or Sothic year is determined by the heliacal rising of Sothis (the Egyptian name for the Dog Star)

Pertainym:

Sun (the star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system)